On Jul 21, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Michael Geary wrote:
From: Adrian Belu
No word on durability versus usage (and no word that OSs can
recognize these types of drives and adapt their functioning.
I saw a blog post from some guy who says he has one of the current
generation of Intel SSDs and it works fine for him:
http://www.google.com/search?q=linus+ssd
I didn't notice if he mentioned what OS he's running, so who knows,
maybe he
had to use some kind of custom written thing.
-Mike
I've got an Intel 160 GB SSD in a 17" MacBook pro that runs either
OS X or Vista 64-bit. The machine is faster with the SSD than with
the 7200 RPM drive delivered with it. Applications start much faster,
especially if you are running multiple things at once (say an antivirus
app is doing a scan). Apple sells the machine with a cheaper MLC
SSD. I'm thinking of replacing the DVD drive with a second Intel
SSD and moving the optical to an external box with a Firewire
interface ...
In the case of bigger machines (rack mount servers), at least one
manufacturer will put at least 4 of the Intel SLC SSD drives into
a single server. Various Sun servers can run Solaris, Linux, or
various Windows Server versions. Note that these machines typically
use very smart SAS/SATA controllers with big battery backed memories,
etc.
Sun suggests the Intel SLC SSD for apps requiring fast IO
performance even though the SAS controllers and 10K RPM
2.5" SAS hard disks perform way better than any normal 7200
RPM drive (server or notebook). We have one of the Sun
servers that is now offered with the SSD drives (they weren't
available when we bought it). It is really quick with the SAS hard
drives. The down side of the SLC Intel SSDs is cost - the
lowest price I've seen for a 64 GB SLC version is about the same
as a 300 GB 10K RPM SAS 2.5" drive.
I wish I could put an SSD like the Intel into my T43p but the PATA
interface prevents that - Intel only does SATA on their larger drives.
Stuart
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